About

Centrally located within 40 minutes from University of Georgia and Clemson, the Bowers House Writers Retreat and Literary Center is a grand historic home in a small northeast Georgia town that has gained new life as a place of peace and solitude for working writers and literary functions. Constructed in the early 1920s as a hotel and restored in 1997, There are five private rooms and the house can accommodate up to twelve overnight guests. Generally there are one or two writers in residence, however, there are certain opportunities to use the property exclusively, and several workshops or readings occur monthly at the facility, many open to the local community. The Bowers House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Currently maintained by writer Laura Bowers Foreman, the house was transformed into a writer’s retreat in 2006. Soon after its opening, Foreman joined forces with Stephen Corey, editor of The Georgia Review, to host a broad range of literary activities at the house including conferences, workshops and readings. Ellen Bowers Davenport, Manager and Treasurer of The Bowers House, can be reached during business hours at 706-498-6970 to take your reservations and greet you when you arrive.

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author of “Creative Responses to Worlds Unraveling: The Artist in the 21st Century” (Fall 2013), and the novel, “Strange As This Weather Has Been (2007)
7 PM READING at THE BOWERS HOUSE WRITERS RETREAT
Ann Pancake—fiction writer, essayist, and environmental activist—will read from... Read more»

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If you are interested in *making a donation or volunteering please make your check payable to
THE BOWERS HOUSE and send to:

100 Depot StreetPO Box 74 Canon, GA 30520

*We are in application of our non profit status. Your donation is greatly appreciated, but not currently tax deductible. Thank you for your contributions to The Bowers House.

Featured Alumni

Alice Friman

Author of nine poetry collections including The Book of the Rotten Daughter; Zoo; Inverted Fire; and Vinculum.